61. HYLOOHAKIS. 247 



Advlt male. Upper surface shining grass-green, shading into 

 bronzy green on the rump ; upper tail-coverts dark purple-bronze ; 

 whole head, throat, and breast glittering sapphire-blue ; abdomen 

 dark shining golden green ; under tail- coverts and tail dark steel- 

 blue ; bill flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 3-5 inches, 

 ■wing 1-95, tail 1-1, bill 0-75. 



Female. Upper surface shining grass-green, shading into bronzy 

 green on the rump and into purple on the upper tail-coverts ; under 

 surface greyish white, the feathers of the throat with green discs ; 

 under tail-coverts dusky ; lateral rectriees tipped with grey : maxilla 

 black, mandible flesh-colour, tipped with black. 



Hab. Guiana, Amazonia, and South Brazil. 



a-e. c? ad. ; d. 5 Menune Mts., British Guiaua, Salvin-Godmau & 

 ad. sk. July, Aug. {H. Whitely). Sclater Colls. 



e. S ad. sk. Camacusa, Feb. {H. W.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



f. (5' ad. sk. E. Atapurow, Jan. (iT. W.). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 //. (5'ad.;/i. 5ad.sk. Roraima, Nov., Dec. (jff. W.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 i-k. (S ad. ; /. $ Upper Amazons {£!. Bart- Gould Coll. 



ad. sk. lett). 



m. S ad. ; n-p. $ Iquitos, Amazons, April, May Salvin-Godman & 



ad. sk. {H. Whitehj). Gould Colls. 



q-t. S ad. ; u. <S Bahia, Brazil ( Wucherer). Salvin-Godmau & 



juv.; V. $ ad.sk. Gould Colls. 



to, X. (S ad. sk. Eio, Brazil. Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 



y. (S ad. sk. Matto Grosso, July (Natterer). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



z. (S ad. sk. Trinidad (y. Berlepsch). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Hylocharis lactea. 



Le Saphir, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pi. 56. 



Ornismya lactea, Less, Supj)!. Oi's.-Mouclies, p. 98. 



Trochilus lacteus, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxxviii. 



Hyloeharis lactea. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 148 ; 

 Bp. Consp. i. p. 74 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 347 ; Gould, Mon. 

 Troch. V. p. 343 (Sept. 1859) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 171 ; Cab. 

 c^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 43 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 317 ; Muls. 

 Sf Verr. Class, Troch. p. 38 ; Meinh. Vidensk. 3Iedd, Nat. For, 

 Kjob. 1870, p. 112 ; Pek. Orn. Bras. p. 33 ; 3fuls. Hist. Nat. Ois.- 

 Mouches, ii. p. 23 ; id. Ann. Soc, Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 207 ; Elliot, 

 Syn. Troch. p. 236 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. 3Ius. Caen, i. p. 472 ; Allen, 

 Bull. Am. Mus. N, H. ii. p. 259. 



Hvlocharis 8. Cyanochloris lactea, Heich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 ; id. 

 'Troch. Enum. p. 8, pi. 773. f. 4793. 



Sapphironia lactea, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 256. 



Adult mcde. Upper surface shiniug grass-green ; crown and 

 upper tail-coverts bronzy green ; throat and breast glittering sap- 

 phire-blue ; middle of the abdomen white ; flanks shiniug green ; 

 under tail-coverts white, with dark discs ; central rectriees dark 

 shining olive-green, lateral steel-blue with olive margin : maxilla 

 dark brown ; mandible flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length 

 about 3-8 inches, wing 2-2, tail 1'2, bill 0'8o. 



Hah. Southern Brazil. 



a-f. (J ad. sk. Brazil. Salviu-Godniau, GoiUd, cS: 



Sclater Colls. 



